As I was growing up my parents, and almost
every other adult, told me that truth and honesty were very important
qualities to have. I also found that they were hard to live out
most of the time. For instance, if your best friend asked you
what you thought of his/her new shirt, and you thought it was
ugly, what would you tell them? Almost everyone I know would lie
and say they love it, even though they really hate it. But then
again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so even if you give
your honest opinion that person should have no problems with it
because they asked for it.

I looked up the definition of truth in the dictionary and it said:
"Sincerity in action, character, and utterance",

…Which I assumed to mean that if you are sincere in everything
you do and you are true to yourself then you are a truthful person.
But not everyone is true to them self. A lot of people try to
change who they are to fit in with a certain group. They change
their appearance to look more "beautiful", but isn't
true beauty inside of you?

When I was little I always wanted to be like my older sister because
I thought she was cool. I would always want to do things with
her and her friends and I wanted to be just like her. But I guess
she got annoyed with me and told my mom. My mom told me that no
matter how hard I tried, I couldn't be exactly like her. I had
to live my own life. Well, I could exactly grasp that concept
because I was only five years old. But as I got older, I got more
friends. I realized that I didn't want to be anyone other than
myself. So I guess I figured out that since I was being myself,
and not acting like any other person on this planet, I was a truthful
person.

I think that truth and beauty are almost the same thing. If you
are truthful you should be able to express your opinions and not
have to lie to get someone to notice or like you. If you are beautiful,
you don't have to be the prettiest person in the world - you just
have to be yourself and people will like you because of who you
are. So I guess you could say that truth and beauty are both within
your heart.